Tuesday, February 24, 2009

There are few things I've never seen on the baking aisle in Los Angeles: Heath Toffee Bits and Cinnamon Chips. Not saying they aren't here (see below)...but I don't remember coming across them. I was contemplating making my own English toffee bits for this recipe...

Sunday: Visiting my friend Helen. I was washing the dishes after lunch, telling her about my toffee bit dilemma, and mentally planning out when we should go to Menchie's for kosher frozen yogurt sold by the ounce (I, of course, love the little mochi balls). Anyway, all of a sudden, I look up and Helen has a package of Heath Toffee Bits in her hands! She bought them during the holidays...and knew where they were in the cabinets! Thanks Helen!

I thought these were good, but really, really, super, duper sweet. A wee bit sweet for me...but enjoyed at work.

Thanks again Helen for the toffee bits! I'm going to make the recipe on the back of the package for oatmeal and toffee bit cookies...and bring you and the girls some!

In Dorie's book, she sandwiches these with ice cream to make a beautiful sandwich. Be sure to check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers and get the recipe from Whitney's blog or Dorie's great book. Next week, fun with prunes! :)

How cool that your friend had those! I had trouble with the ice cream sandwiches, too hard to eat! Mine were delicious but very crisp. I ended up using a dark chocolate on the top and they still were all gobbled up. If I had used milk chocolate I don't think they would have lasted until the next day!

I LOVE that you cut them into triangles. Now...why didn't I think of that! I can never find the cinnamon chips, either. I did have a ton of Toffee chips left over from the holidays, so that was not a problem. Nice pics, Mary!

Gorgeous pictures as always! The triangles are great. I have never used toffee bits before either but have seen them in stores. Cinnamon chips, on the other other hand, are nowhere to be found. Glad your friend could help out with the toffee bits!

Mary, Good point on the cinnamon chips --- would also check Cost Plus (if you haven't done so already). I went recently, and they had Guittard cappucino and mint chips (on sale to boot), so would imagine that they would carry cinnamon chips.

Love the triangles! I tasted the dough and it was not very sweet, but the finished product really made up the difference. How lucky that you came into a bag of toffee bits. And I'm sure these will be a hit with everyone.Nancy